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Xestia collina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Alps, from southern France to southern Poland, Romania, from southern Finland and Estonia to the Urals, Siberia and northern Mongolia.

Xestia collina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. collina
Binomial name
Xestia collina (Boisduval, 1840)
Synonyms
Noctua collina Boisduval, 1840 Agrotis collina (Boisduval, 1840) Euxoa collina (Boisduval, 1840) Noctua montana Freyer, 1850 Agrotis eversmanni Petersen, 1905 Agrotis peterseni Krulikovsky, 1909 Xestia nigromaculata Hoffmann, 1917 Xestia collina ab. nigromarginata Lange, 1917 Xestia roeggeri Schawerda, 1919 Xestia loebeli Rebeli, 1920

The wingspan is 27–33 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Rubus, Plantago and Achillea species.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• lepidoptera.pl

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